NewsX getting information that the Karnataka pollution board looted in the name of environment preservation. 20 lakh spent for just 4 hour event on environment day. Board's move to take exemption from transparency act raises eyebrows. It was an annual program but was still shown as an urgent necessity to escape the procurement act. Unusually expensive expenditure on frivolous article raises suspicion. Govt has been talking about austerity to fund drought relief work & farm loan waiver.